Picea rubens (Red spruce)

Picea rubens Sarg.

Red spruce, Eastern spruce, yellow spruce

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Picea australis Small

8/25/2017 · Pack Monadnock, near summit, Peterborough, New Hampshire · ≈ 4 × 6″ (10 × 15 cm)

8/25/2017 · Pack Monadnock, near summit, Peterborough, New Hampshire · ≈ 3½ × 5″ (9.2 × 13 cm)

10/17/2016 · Appalachian Trail, Mt. Greylock, Lanesborough, Massachusetts · ≈ 5 × 3½″ (13 × 9.2 cm)

9/29/2012 · Franconia Falls Trail, Franconia Notch, New Hampshire · ≈ 6 × 4″ (15 × 10 cm) ID is uncertain

8/20/2009 · Hayes Woods Nature Trail, Shirley St., Pepperell, Massachusetts · ≈ 11 × 7″ (27 × 18 cm)

Okay I give up. Anybody know what this is? · 8/25/2017 · Pack Monadnock, near summit, Peterborough, New Hampshire · ≈ 3½ × 3″ (9.2 × 8.2 cm)

9/17/2016 · Mount Desert Island, Bar Harbor, Maine

7/20/2012 · J. Harry Rich Dirt Road, Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 10 × 15″ (26 × 39 cm) ID is uncertain

10/15/2023 · Mt. Battie, Camden Hills State Park, Camden, Maine

7/20/2012 · J. Harry Rich Dirt Road, Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 4½ × 3″ (11 × 7.9 cm) ID is uncertain

9/18/2016 · Barred Island Preserve, Deer Isle, Maine

8/26/2017 · Skatutakee Mountain, Hancock, New Hampshire · ≈ 7 × 4½″ (18 × 12 cm)

7/22/2012 · Wapack Trail, Pack Monadnock, Peterborough, New Hampshire · ≈ 7 × 4½″ (16 × 11 cm)

9/19/2009 · Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, Maine · ≈ 10 × 15″ (26 × 39 cm) ID is uncertain

8/26/2017 · Skatutakee Mountain, Hancock, New Hampshire · ≈ 6 × 4½″ (15 × 12 cm)

Pollen cones. · 8/25/2017 · Pack Monadnock, near summit, Peterborough, New Hampshire · ≈ 6 × 4″ (15 × 10 cm)

7/20/2023 · Curtis Farm Preserve, Harpswell, Maine

9/29/2012 · Franconia Falls Trail, Franconia Notch, New Hampshire · ≈ 5 × 3½″ (13 × 9.2 cm) ID is uncertain

9/17/2016 · Mount Desert Island, Bar Harbor, Maine

4/25/2024 · Bliss Woods Trail, South Freeport, Maine

10/17/2016 · Appalachian Trail, Mt. Greylock, Lanesborough, Massachusetts · ≈ 6 × 4″ (16 × 11 cm)

4/7/2021 · Hackett and Minot Trails, Harpswell, Maine · ≈ 6 × 4″ (14 × 10 cm)

4/7/2021 · Hackett and Minot Trails, Harpswell, Maine · ≈ 11 × 8″ (28 × 20 cm)

4/7/2021 · Hackett and Minot Trails, Harpswell, Maine · ≈ 8 × 5″ (20 × 13 cm)

7/22/2012 · Wapack Trail, Pack Monadnock, Peterborough, New Hampshire · ≈ 7 × 4½″ (17 × 11 cm)

9/29/2012 · Franconia Falls Trail, Franconia Notch, New Hampshire · ≈ 5 × 3½″ (13 × 9.2 cm) ID is uncertain

7/20/2012 · J. Harry Rich Dirt Road, Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 3½ × 5″ (9.2 × 13 cm) ID is uncertain

8/25/2017 · Pack Monadnock, near summit, Peterborough, New Hampshire · ≈ 4½ × 3½″ (12 × 9.2 cm)

9/19/2009 · Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, Maine · ≈ 15 × 10″ (39 × 26 cm) ID is uncertain

5/7/2021 · Long Reach Preserve, Harpswell, Maine · ≈ 6 × 4″ (16 × 11 cm)

Pollen cones. · 8/25/2017 · Pack Monadnock, near summit, Peterborough, New Hampshire · ≈ 5 × 3″ (12 × 8.4 cm)

8/26/2017 · Skatutakee Mountain, Hancock, New Hampshire · ≈ 8 × 5″ (20 × 13 cm)

9/17/2016 · Mount Desert Island, Bar Harbor, Maine

Pollen cones. · 8/25/2017 · Pack Monadnock, near summit, Peterborough, New Hampshire · ≈ 6 × 4″ (15 × 10 cm)

6/8/2025 · Pemaquid Point, Bristol, Maine

Immature seed cones. · 8/25/2017 · Pack Monadnock, near summit, Peterborough, New Hampshire · ≈ 5 × 3½″ (13 × 9.2 cm)

10/17/2016 · Appalachian Trail, Mt. Greylock, Lanesborough, Massachusetts · ≈ 7 × 4½″ (18 × 12 cm)

5/7/2021 · Long Reach Preserve, Harpswell, Maine · ≈ 6 × 10″ (16 × 24 cm)

7/20/2012 · J. Harry Rich Dirt Road, Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 7 × 4½″ (17 × 11 cm) ID is uncertain

7/22/2012 · Wapack Trail, Pack Monadnock, Peterborough, New Hampshire · ≈ 3½ × 5″ (9.2 × 13 cm)

8/20/2009 · Hayes Woods Nature Trail, Shirley St., Pepperell, Massachusetts · ≈ 9 × 6″ (23 × 15 cm)

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin)
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Coniferophyta	Conifers—cone-bearing trees (and a few shrubs)
Class	Pinopsida	Gymnosperms such as cedars, Douglas-firs, cypresses, firs, junipers, kauri, larches, pines, hemlocks, redwoods, spruces, and yews
Order	Pinales	Cone-bearing plants: cedar, cypress, fir, juniper, larch, pine, redwood, spruce, yew, and others
Family	Pinaceae	Pine family: cedars, firs, hemlocks, larches, pines and spruces
Genus	Picea	Spruce; means “pitch”
Species	rubens	Red

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Picea rubens description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.